Power conservation system



July 2.6, 1949.

C. E. TORSCH lPOWER CONSERVATION SYSTEM HAAAAAAAAAAA vvvvvvvvvvvv AAAAAAAAA vvvvvvvv Filed Aug. 1l, 1945 i Lili AAAAAAAAAA im EN P0 Wfl? SUP/PL y 56 +320M (AP/w01) l INVENTOR C//Azfs fame/1 BY y? A? ATTORN EY Patented July 26, 1949 TENT POWER CONSERVATION SYSTEM Charles Edward Torsch, Lancaster Township, Lancaster-County, Pa., assignorrto Radio Corporation of America, a corporation of Delaware Application August 11, 1945, Serial No. 610,368

f 9 Claims.

. l VThe present invention relatesto cathode ray beamf deflection circuits, especially of the type employed in television transmitting and receiving systems. More particularly, the invention relates' to means for reclaiming a portion of the cyclic "reactive energy which is developed in such circuits, and which is usually dissipated without being gainfully utilized. 'f

The problem of raising the eiciency of utilization of the input power in a reactive load circuit, especially in aline or horizontal cathode ray beam deflection circuit of the type used in television systems, has been`considered in a copending application of Otto H. Schade, Serial No. 593,161, filed May 11,1945. The solution there proposed includes rectification ofthe cyclic reactive'energydeveloped rvin the load circuit, and thestoring'of this rectied energy to establish a relatively steadyv D.C. potential. The steady D.C. potential thus establishedis, in one modiiication, applied'in series with the source vof D.C. input voltage rto raise the amount of useful power which is made available inthe load circuit. y

In a power conservatiom'or boosting system such as outlined above, the eiliciency of the circuit depends upon the percentage of the D.C. power input which can be recovered and stored for the purpose of recirculation since, obviously, the greater the value of the recovered energy, the higher will be the ratio of power output to power input. It is with the raising of this circuit eiciency ratio that the present invention is primarily concerned.

In the copending Schade application, Serial No. 593,161, above referred to, the cyclic reactive energy developed in the load circuit is rectified and applied to an energy storage device to build up a relatively smooth D.C. potential thereon. The rectifying means, which in the Schade disclosure is a controlled inverter tube or triode damper, is connected in series with the energy storage device, which may be a condenser. The series combination of triode and condenser is then shunted across the reactive portion of the load circuit, such as the cathode ray beam de- L-dT where L representsthe inductance of the coil and dt is v the diierential representing the rate oi change of current flow through the coil with respect to time. This inductive voltage di La is approximately equal to the sum of the condenser voltage, the-triode damper voltage drop, and the voltage drop due to the distributed circuit resistance'.

In order to develop a maximum condenser voltage, or, in other words, in order to reclaim a maximum amount of the cyclic reactive energy, the other two factors present, namely, the triode damper voltage drop and the voltage drop due to the distributed circuit resistance, must be kept at a minimum. Since the latter is a relatively fixed quantity, only the triode damper voltage drop normally would be subject to change. However, this voltage drop is also of a relatively constant value for controlled inverter tubes designed to withstand the high peak voltages which are developed in television scanning systems.

yThe present invention contemplates a raising of thevoltagedeveloped on the condenser element of booster circuits of the type discussed above by replacing the triode damper tube with a rectifier across which there is a smaller voltage drop. This requirement is satised by the use, for example, of a rectier tube such as a di- Ode. This is true because the internal resistance of av diode is normally considerably less than that of a grid-controlled tube. Furthermore, not only does a two-'element tube permit the recovery of a maximum amount of power, which is a highly important factor, but due to the fact that diodes having' satisfactory operating characteristics are less expensive to manufacture than any grid-controlled tube which has proved practicable, such a procedure reduces the cost ofthe television equipment.

In addition to the above, the present invention further contemplates the use of energy reclaimed in the manner set forthv not only to result in greater scanning power for the horizontal, or line, deflection coils, but also to increase the vertical, or field, scanning output. This may be accomplished, for example, by feeding the re'- claimed energy to the anodes of both the horizontal and vertical power tubes in series with the D.C. input voltage. As a consequence, improved operation is achieved not only for the line deec- 3 tion circuit, but also for the eld deflection circuit.

One object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide means for reclaiming a maximum percentage of the power normally wasted in cyclic reactive loadciruits.

Another object 4of the invention-.isgto Aprovide a cathode ray beam deflection circuit of the electromagnetic type in which the reactive energy developed during the retrace periods of the cathode ray beam is rectified and stordto develop a relatively steady D.-C. potential, and which iurther includes means for minimizingthe resistance of the rectifier element of tlfi e ci rcuit so as to increase the amount of power which can be stored and hence made available for recirculation through the deection coils.

A further object of the invention is to provide a low-resistance rectier element for use in a circuit of the type above setforth which is eicient in operation and relatively inexpensive in cost.

A still further object of the invention is to provide,.in a television system employing a cathode ray tube havingan electromagneticallydenected cathode ray scanning beam, means for boosting the D.C. input power to the line deflection circuit, and further means f .or making this boosted power available to improve the operation of the field delectioncircuit'aswell, V Other objects and advantages will beapparent from the `following description .of preferred forms of the invention and from the drawings. in which;

Fig is a circuit.diagramhillustrating a preferred form of the present invention;l and J n, Y Fig. 2 illustrates a modication of the circuit offligl.vvv IReferringviirstto Fig.- 1, there is shown a cathode ray -beam deection'. circuit ,as used television Ytransmitting and .receiving systemsin whicha cathode ray scanningbeam is causedto scan each line of lan imageraster ,ata relatively slowv rate, followed by-a rapid snap-back, or :re: trace,- of `vthe cathode raybeam to ,a pointlat-the lbeg'i-nnir-igofthe next scanning. line. '.The. illustrated circuitincludes a horizontal .on line power output tube IIJ which.may, for example, beofthe type known -asthe 807,..and..whichinc1udes a cathode, a control electrode,.a screen electrode, and an anode.' to the-positive terminal-l2 `of asuitablesource of vpotential-(not shown) through the primarS Winding Ill-of a step-downcoupling transformer IIS in series Lwith a v.parallel eresistor-.condenser voltage variations 26 comprise periods of rela- The anodeof tubev Ill :isgconnected combination. I8. Power tube I 0 is adapted to supply vcyclically varying current, `inY ama-nner to Abe later describedfthrough transformer I6 to a pair of horizontal or line deflection coils I9. i '1A negativebias is -produced on .thecontrol .electrode 20 of power tube I0 during operationof the system by means of a cathode-.biasing resistor 22. Sincethe screen current of -powertube ...I0 also flows through resistor 22; the neg-ative Vbias,.pr.`o. duced on the control electrode 20 isproportional tothe combined screen..grid.and. plate-,current .1

andhence varies during eachscannin'g cycle.

Voltage variations-the Waveform of which may be suchas indicated by thereferencecharacterZlI, are applied to the control-electrodeiZIlfof ytube I0.

These voltage variations 24 haveJnearly rising tively constant negative voltage during the scanning intervals t1, and sharp positive pulses during the retrace intervals t2.

.The secondarywinding'of ,transpriner I6 is Wound in a direction opposite to that of the primary winding I4, so that when the upper end (in the drawing) of the primary Winding is posi- .tiv ethe upper: end of the secondary winding is negative.V This causes the Waveform 30 of the voltageappearing at the upper end of the secondary winding 28 to be reversed in polarity with respect to the voltage Waveform'26, as shown.

Adiodegdampentube 32 has its anode connected to theupper end (in the drawing) of the secondary winding 28, or, in other words, to that end of the secondary winding 28 on which the negative excursionsof yoltagelyvaveiorm. 3g appear-during theretrace .intervals)fa` 'Ihecathoge Q f d ipq 32 iscOnnected togthatfend of th, parallel resistance;

condenser combination I Bwhih is johedto the i i i 5.

It-willfbev noted that as..a. res111t 0f such cglgn tions. the.serieswmbeatwe resistance-condenser, or timeoo rrsta nitA While. the YQltase van .a @01114.-pp1ed-t the .control electrode 20 ofpower tubetlactsto cllli yolf. plate .Current irl-therme. at. thY beginning of retrace time vt2,. tlie 'currntin the. `secondary circuitpf transformer I6 v does notdisappeal. inStaitv taneously because of., the inherent distributed capacity acrossthe .secondaryyvindng (both directly `von' the secondary ,and` that reflected throughl the; transformerrom the .,prirnary) iand acrossthe deflecti-on.I coi .ISL ,This dstrbilted capacity is, at the beginning of retrace interval t2; charged to afillatively low voltage,

q uencyoscilla 'ons .will be produced in 4theab- ,t .32 iscompletelyblocled, the voltage across the deietiongcoils I 9. andthe transformer secondary rising toa high peakpvalne at c rr'eguarter., cycle :when the current `|passes through ,zerv A new.delection. cycl e startsafter the ,one-,hal'ricyclepg free oscillatio ,at time the voltage appearing across the deflection coils I.,9. a nd. .the,transformer secondary 28 maintai Yedvs u bstantially uniform..

Ing rder, .that linear deectionpr the cathode ray lbeam.be?'produced,'it .isneessary that the rate of change of the vcurrent flowing .through the horizontal or line deection coils I9 be maintained substantially constant during the scanning-.intervals .amil-'he Warefcrrg,pfltheyoltase variations 24 applied to the control electr-de 20 ofpower tube I0, -as Well as the bias potential 'of that tube, are such as to cause the plate current of tube I0 to increaseV after the beginning of the deflection cycle. The diode 32, however, begins to conduct immediately following the retrace intervals t, and operates to produce a decreasing plate current which supplements the plate current'of power tube ID to a substantially linear deflection current characteristic, this summation current representing that which actually flows through the deflection coils I9.

The bias on the diode damper tube 32 is a factor in determining the rate of -current flow through the tube. This rate of current flow is selected so as to combine with the power tube current to result in a linear rate of change of deflection coil current. Consequently, the sysn tem should preferably include means for varying the bias on diode 32 so as to act as a linearitt7 control.

The diode bias-adjusting means s'hown in FigureV l comprises means for varying the Value of the resistor 38 forming part of the parallel resistor-condenser combination I8. Since diode 32 is, in effect, a rectifier, current flowing through the diode 32 and the resistor-condenser combination I8 causes a charge to be built up on condenser of the combination, the upper plate (in the drawing) of the condenser being of positive potential.

By empl-oying a time constant for resistor 38 and condenser 4I) which is selected in `accordance with the recurrence frequency of the control voltage variations 24, the charge thus developed on condenser 40 may be maintained relatively constant in value. The magnitude of this charge (as well as the deflection linearity) is controlled by the adjustable resistor 33.

In accordance with the ypresent invention, the charge developed on condenser 4l) is employed to increase, or boost the output of the horizontal, or line, power tube I0 (as well as the output of the vertical or field deflection power tube 'as will be later described) by raisin-g the potential normally applied to the anode of tube I 0 from the supply voltage source connected to the terminal I2.

As will be seen from Fig. l and as pointed out above, the anode of power tube Ill is conn-ected to the supply voltage terminal I2 through the .power output.

t is apparent that the current rise in the anode circuit of power tube I0 during a scanning cycle is supplied in part byV a partial discharge Iof capacitor I8, which is recharged by the diode 32 at the start of each scanning cycle.

In accordance with another feature of the present invention, the voltage developed on condenser 40 is employed to boost the output not onlyof the horizontal, or line, power tube, but of the vertical, or field, power tube as well. A vertical or field deflection power tube 42 which may, for example, be of the type known as the GSN'?, and which includes at least an anode', a cathode, and a control electrode, has its anode connected to thev positive terminal I2 of the supply voltage source through the resistor-condenser combination I8 land the primary winding 44 of a vertical coupling transformer 46. A cathodebiasing resistor 48 provides the proper negative operating bias on the control electrode 5U of power tube 42 during operation of the system.

4Power tube 42 is designed to supply cyclically varying current through transformer 46 to a pair of vertical, or eld, deflection coils 52 when voltage variations, which may have a waveform such as indicated by the reference character 54, are applied to the control electrode 5I] thereof.

The anode of the vertical, or field, deflection power output tube 42 is connected through the resistance-condenser combination I8 to the supply voltage terminal I2 in parallel with the anode of the horizontal, or line, power output tube I0. Hence, the anode of the vertical power tube 42 receives the same boosted voltage as does the anode of the horizontal power tube I0, resulting in an increased power output from the vertical power tube 42, and an increase in the peak amplitude of the current flowing through the vertical deflection coils 52.

The current requirement of the vertical power output tube 42 is small compared to that of the horizontal power output tube I0, and hence less discharge of capacitor I8 is occasioned during each cycle of vertical scanning than during each horizontal cycle. However, a larger value of capacitance must be provided for capacitor I8 y, when supplying vertical boost to avoid a visible fkeystoning (or modulation) of horizontal line length during each vertical scanning cycle.

The two centering resistors 34 and 3S are relatively low resistance, and are each provided with one fixed tap and one adjustable tap. Adjustment of the latter tap acts to control the amount of direct current from the supply source connected to terminal I2 which is permitted to flow through the deflection coils I9 and-52, respectively, and hence controls the centering of the cathode ray beam.

It should be noted that, although in the preceding description the voltage developed on condenser 40 is employed to increase, or boost, the supply voltage to both the output power tubes so as to result in increased scanning power, nevertheless, if desired, the same output power may be maintained, with the voltage developed on condenser 40 being employed to reduce the required supply voltage approximately to the extent of the value of the charge on the condenser.

It should also be noted that the capacity of condenser 48 is chosen sufliciently large in the example given to feed both the horizontal power tube I0 and the vertical power tube 42. However, if boosted voltage for the vertical power tube 42 is not necessary or desirable under certain operating conditions, then the anode of the vertical power tube 42 may -be connected through the primary transformer winding 44 directly to the supply voltage terminal I 2, or, in other words, connected to bypass the resistance-condenser combination I8. In such an event, the condenser 40 may be reduced in capacity, as it would then supply voltage only to the horizontal power tube lFigtZ illustrates a cathode ray beam deiiection circuit of the same type as that set forth in Fig. l, but with the vertical, or eld, deflection coils and their particular current supply means omitted.

7 Elements in Fig. 2 corresponding to those in Fig. 1 have been given the same reference numerals. A power supply lter unit 56, indicated within the broken lines, is adapted to supply, in the example to be given, a normal B+ output voltage of 280 volts, and a normal B voltage of 105 volts.

Under one particular set of operating conditions, and with certain selected values of circuit components, approximately the following results may be obtained, these results being set forth to illustrate the manner in which power may be recovered from the cyclic reactive energy present in a load circuit, and employed for the purpose of recirculation.

If the voltage drop across the centering resistor 36 in Fig. 2 is 5 volts, then the voltage appearing at point y58 will be +280-5 or +275 volts. If the primary winding I4 of transformer I6 is wound with 500 turns, and if the ysecondary winding 28 is wound with 150 turns, then a control voltage variation 24 of a 15.75 kilocycle recurrence frequency .applied to the control electrode 20 of power tube I0 will cause a charge of approximately 45 volts .to be built up on condenser 40.

Since condenser Mi is in series with the source of positive supply voltage (which, in this instance, is +275 volts at point 58), then the voltage at point BB, which is available for application to the anode of power tube I0 through the primary winding i4, is approximately +275 volts+45 volts=+320 volts Thus the total anode voltage of power tube l0 relative to its grid has been boosted from 380 volts to 425 volts, or approximately 12 per cent. l

ment is carried out for the purpose of obtaining a constant rate of change of scanning current flow through the horizontal deflection coils i9, and hence the highest degree of linearity of deflection of the cathode ray beam.

Having thus described my invention, I 'claimt 1. In a cathode ray beam deecting system having reclairnable energy losses., the combinaT tion of a source of D.C. potential, a transformer having primary and secondary windings, a time constant circuit, a power output tube having its anode connected to therpositive terminal of said source of D.C. potential through both the primary winding of said transformer and said time constant circuit, a cathode ray beam deflecting coil, a diode rectier, and means for connecting said diode rectifier and said time constant circuit in series across both said cathode ray beam deflecting coil and the secondary winding of said transformer so that said diode will rectify the reactive energy cyclically developed in said deflecting system.

2. A cathode ray beam deflecting system according to claim l, in which said time constant circuit comprises a parallel resistance-condenser combination, further including means for adjusting the value of the resistance of said resistancecondenser combination to thereby vary the charge developed on said condenser.

, 3. Apparatus for recovering a portion of the reclaimable power normally lost in a cathode ray beam defiecting system in which D.C. power from a source of normally constant value is iconverted by means, including va rst power output tube, into A.C. power which is caused to ow through a horizontal cathode ray beam deflect-ion coil, and in which D.C. power from said source is also converted by means, including a second power output tube, into A.C. power which is caused to flow through a vertical cathode ray beam deiiection coil, the combination of a diode rectilier, a condenser connected in series with said diode rectier, the series combination of said diode rectifier and said condenser being connected across said horizontal cathode ray beam deflecting coil so that said diode will rectify the reactive energy cyclically developed in said deiecting system, and means for applying the charge on said condenser to both said rst power output tube and said second power output tube additively in series with said D.C. power source.

4. Apparatus in accordance with claim 3, further comprising means for varying the amount of energy stored by said condenser.

5. Apparatus in accordance with claim 3, further comp-rising an adjustable impedance element shunting said condenser.

6. In a television system having reclaimable energy losses and employing a cathode ray tube, the combination of a source of D.C. power, a circuit for converting D.C. power from said source into A.C. power of a substantially prede termined frequency, a line cathode ray beam deiiecting coil for said cathode ray tube, said line cathode ray beam deecting coil being connected to receive the A.C. power output of said converting circuit, a diode, a condenser, means connecting said diode and said condenser in series across said line defiecting coil, a further circuit for converting D.C. power from said source into A.C. power of a different substantially predetermined frequency froin that of the A.C. power output of said Erst-mentioned converting circuit, a field cathode ray beam deiiecting coil for said catho-de ray tube, said eld cathode ray beam deflecting coil being connected to receive the A.-C. power output of said further converting circuit and means for applying the charge on said condenser to both said converting circuits additively in series with said D.C. power source.

'7. A television system in accordance with claim 6, in which each of said converting circuits includes a power output tube, and in which said means for applying the charge on said condenser to both said converting circuits additively in series with said D.C. power source includes a connection between said condenser and the anode of each of said power output tubes.

8. VIn a cathode ray beam deflecting system having reclaimable energy losses, the combination of a power output tube including an anode, a cathode ray beam deflection coil, a transformer coupling said power output tube to said deflection coil, one end of the secondary winding of said transformer being connected to one end of said deflection coil, a resistor element, means connecting the other end of the secondary winding of said transformer and the other end of said deflection coil respectively to points on said resistor element, a diode, a parallel resistancecapacitance circuit, means connecting said diode and said resistance-capacitance circuit in series between said one end of said deection coil and one end of said resistor element, a source of D.C. potential connected to the other end of said resistor element, and means for connecting the anode of said power output tube to said source of D.C. potential through the primary winding of said transformer, said resistance-capacitance circuit, and said resistor element.

9. The combination of claim 8, further including a second power output tube including an anode, a second cathode ray beam deflection coil, a second transformer coupling said second power output tube to said second cathode ray beam deilection coil, one end of the secondary winding of said second transformer being connected to one end of said second deection coil, a second resistor element connected between said parallel resistance-capacitance circuit and said rstmentioned resistor element, means connecting the other end of the secondary winding of said second transformer and the other end of said second deection coil to points on said second resistor element, and means for connecting the anode of said second power output tube through the vprimary winding of said second transformer to said resistance-capacitance circuit in parallel with the anode of said first-mentioned power output tube.

CHARLES EDWARD TORSCH.

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